Egg beater



Nov. 27, 1923,A

J. A. GREEN EGG BEATER Filed Dec. 18, 1922 @31, im ewa/m 'Il Il accrue.

ljatented Nov. 27, 1923.

maar Parana' u WB JAMES A.. GREEN, GF TORRINGTON, CCNNECTCUT; ASSIGNGR TO TURNER it SEYMOUR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

EGG- BEATER.

Application filed December 18, 1922. Serial No. 607,470.

To all whom t may concern.'

' Be it known that I, JAMES A, GREEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Torrington, county of Litche'ld, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg Beaters, of which the'following is a speciflcation.

The invention relates to improvements in egg beaters, and particularly to improvements in egg beaters of the type in which a driving gear or element is rotated by a handle and serves to impart rotation to pinions or driven members to, which the rotatable beater members are fastened.

'An object of the invention consists in the provision of an improved construction of the character referred to which will be coinparatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble, and will at the same time be highly efficient.

One feature of the invention consists in the provision of a single bent rod which Serves as axle for the driving gear and for the two pinions driven thereby, and as the axial support for the beater members. The usualrivet or stud by which the driving gear is commonly mounted'on the handle frame of the device is eliminated, one arm of the usual bent wire frame which supports the beater y members being extended upwardly and bent to form the axle of the driving gear.

With this construction various advantages The axle portion of the bent rod being drawn tight to hold the driving gear rmly against its seat, the pinion which meshes with the driving gear will be held firmly in mesh vwith the driving gear because of the position of the parts necessarily effected by drawing the driving gear tight against its seat as stated. The opposite end of the looped rod may with this construction be positioned against the frame or `handlebracket of the device in a very simple manner, the usual wire tie by which the two upper ends of the looped wire frame are commonly held together being eliminated.

Other objects of the invention consist in the provision of improved details of construction and combinations of partsas will be more fully set forth in the following 'specification and be particularly pointed out in the' appended claims.

vIn order that the invention may be `more clearly understood attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, and' illustrating by way of example one embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings* F ig. l represents a side elevation of an egg beater comprising the invention;

F ig. 2 is a partial rear elevation of the device;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and

F ig. l is a horizontal section taken on line lr-4 of F ig. l.

Referring to the drawings, the driving gear l carrying handle 2 is rotatably mounted in vertical position against a surface of the vertical flange 3 of the frame or supporting bracket of the device. The vertical flange 3 of the bracket is provided at its upper end with the usual handle loop 4 which may be held by one hand while handle 2` on the driving element l is rotated by the other hand. The supporting bracket is provided at its lower end with a horizontal flange 5.

The device is shown as provided with the usual pair of beater membersr, 61, which are adapted to rotate in opposite directions about vertical axes below the horizontal flange 5.0i the supporting bracket. Beater member 6 is secured at its upper end to a pinion 7 which meshes with the teeth l1 formed on the inner face of the driving disc adjacent the edge thereof. Beater 61 is secured at its upper end to the pinion 71 which meshes with pinion 7.

The parts referred to are supported and l held in position by a single bent wire rod having a horizontal portion Sat one end to serve as axle for the driving gear l. This rod is benit downwardly vto the rear of its axle portion 8, to form`A the downwardly extending arm 9 which extends through pinion 7 and forms the axis about which the same rotates. y Arm 9 is curved in the usual manner adjacent its lower end, as is` indicated at 91. The wire frame extends approximately horizontally, as shown at l0, for a short distance from the lower end of the curved portion 91 and then -is looped upwardly to provide a curved portion 111 similar to the curved portion 91, and a straight upwardly extending portion ll substantially parallel'to the downwardly extending portion 9. The upwardly extending arm 11 passes axially through pinion 71 and has its upper end mounted against the horizontal flange 5 of the supporting bracket in a inanner explained hereafter. Beater members 6 and 61 are provided with bearings at the bottom in the usual manner as indicated 2xt-.92.l and 112 by providing perforations through the bottoms of the loops of the beater members through which the wire supporting frame extends adjacent the ends of the horizontal portion 10 thereof. The upper ends of the beater members are bent inwardly to provide bearings for the same about the vertical arms 9 and 11 of the wire frame, pinions Y and Z 1 being secured upon these inwardly bent upper ends of the beater members in any usual or suitable manner.

,The horizontal upper end portion of the wire frame extends through a suitable horizontal opening 12 in the vertical flange 3 of the supporting bracket. Suitable means for holding the driving gear against its seat on vertical flange 3 are provided. In the form shown. in the drawings the horizontal portion 3 of the wire rod has its forward end upset or enlarged as shown at 13, Fig. 3, a washer 1li being interposed between head 13 and the driving gear, this washer bearing against a suitable seat on the face of the gear.

The vertical flange 3 of the supporting bracket is provided at the rear with a vertical seat or abutment indicated at 15 in Fig. 3, against which the forward edge of the vertical arm 9 of the bent rod will bear. rlhe opposite or rear edge of arm 9 will bear against a suitable seat 16 at the forward edge of the horizontal flange 5 of the sup-- porting bracket. Nhen the arm 9 of the bent rod bears firmly againstseats 15 and 16 pinion 7 will be held in firm meshing engagement with the teeth on gear 1, pinion 7 eing of a suitable pitch diameter. It is evident that the more tightly the hub of gear 1 is held against its vertical seat on flange 3 of the supporting bracket, the more firmly will pinion 7 be held in mesh with the teeth on gear 1. Y

The vertical seat 15, referred to, is preferably provided by slotting the flange 3 of the supporting bracket so as. to provide a pair of spaced vertical arms 31, 31, with the seat 15 connecting the forward upper end portions of these arms (Figs. 2 and 3). Arm 9 of the bent rod extends downwardly between arms 31, 31, in contact with seat 15. Arm 9 passes 4through an opening 17 at the .lower edge of seat 15 and then extends downwardly in contact with its seat 16 art the forward end of the horizontal portion 5 of the Supporting bracket, as previously stated.

The vertical arms 9 and 11 of the bent rod extend through suitably positioned openings in a flat strip 18, Fig. f1, positioned between the bottom horizontal surface of frange 5 of the bracketand the upper surfaces of pinions 7, 71. The rear edge of horizontal flange of the supporting bracket is provided with vertical slot 19 extending therethrough to provide a seat 20 at the forward edge of the same, lligj. The upper end portion of arm 11 of the bentwire frame is positioned against seat 20, in slot 19, and the upper end of the rod bent horizontally forward as shown at 21 to rest on the upper surface of horizontal flange 5 of the sup-porting bracket.

With the construction described Pinion 71 will always keep in mesh with pinion 7,l stripr 13 serving always to maintain the two pinions the proper distance apart. Acco-rdingly the tightening of driving gear 1 against its seat tends not only to draw pinion 7 into hrm `meshing engagement with gear 1, but also through strip 18, at the same time, to maintain the two pinions properly meshing with eachother. Simi larly the action described tends to hold arm 11 of the looped wire frame firmly against its seat 20 on horizontal flange 5 of the bracket without the necessity of tying arms 9 and 11 together by any other means than the strip 18, which is not secured to any members other than the arms 9 and 11. In prior constructions with which I am familiar the arms of the wire frame have been secured together and against seats in the bracket by a wire tie the tendency of which is to draw the pinion which engages the driving gear away from the driving gear. ln the present construction on the contrary, the means by which the pinions are held in position tends to maintain engagement'between the p-inions and between the driving gear and the adjacent pinion, as has been explained.

lt should be `noted that the form. of bracket which has been described is one which may be manufactured very simply and economically. It should be understood that the invention is not limited strictly to the details of construction described but that the saine is as broad as is indicated by the accompanying claims.

wat I claim is:

1. In an egg beater, the combination of a frame, a vertical driving gear, a horizontal pinion meshing therewith, a second horizontal pinion meshing with the first, on the side thereof opposite to said gear, beater members secured to and rotatable with said pinions, a rod having an end portion serving as axle for said gear, supported in said frame, said rod then bendincf downwardly through the first pinion and beater member and returning upwardly through the second beater member and pinion to provide axial supports therefor, said frame having vertical seats for the downwardly and upwardly extending arms of said rod and said rod having securing means on its said end for holding said gear against said frame and tending to hold the first pinion against said gear7 and means, unconnected with said frame, for holding the second pinion at a iixed distance from the first, to hold said pinions in mesh with each other,the tightening of said gear against said frame serving to hold both arms'of said rod against said vertical seats without additional securing means therefor.

2. In an egg beater, the combination of a bracket having a vertical flange and a horizontal flange extending inwardly from the lower end thereof, a vertical driving gear positioned `against the outer face of the vertical flange, a pair of pinions below the horizontal flange7 one meshing with the gear, and the second, beyond the first7 meshing with the first, beater members secured to said pinions, and a wire rod serving as axle for said gear and then bent downwardly and again upwardly to serve as axial supports for said pinions and beater members, the vertical flange of said bracket having a horizontal opening for the passage oi" the axle portion of said rod, a vertical channel on its inner face forming a seat against which the downwardly extending arm of said rod will bear and an opening through which said downwardly extend* ing arm will pass, 'and said horizontal flange having a vertical slot in'its inner end surface to serve as a bearing for the upper end portion of the upwardly extending arm of said rod, the upper end of said portion being bent over the upper surface of said horizontal flange towards said gear, the opposite end of said rod having securing means for holding said gear against said bracket and tending to hold the first pinion against said gear and both arms of said rod against their said seats.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication.

JAMES A. GREEN. 

